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Jeff Fortenberry

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 27, 1960 in Baton Rouge, LA

Education:

  • Louisiana State University, B.A. (economics), 1982
  • Georgetown University, M.P.P., 1986
  • Franciscan University, M. Theology, 1996

Career:

  • Staff, U.S. House Agriculture Committee, 1986
  • Gulf South Research Institute, 1987-1989
  • Asst. director, Baton Rouge Downtown Development District, 1989-1992
  • Sales rep. for publishing company, 1995-2004

Elected Office:

  • Lincoln city council, 1997-2001


Election Results for Jeff Fortenberry


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 43 NE R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 18,735 39.2%
2004 43 NE R U.S. House District 01 General 1 143,756 54.2%
2006 45 NE R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 81,188 100.0%
2006 45 NE R U.S. House District 01 General 1 121,015 58.4%
2008 47 NE R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 46,620 100.0%
2008 47 NE R U.S. House District 01 General 1 184,923 70.4%
2010 49 NE R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 57,390 83.3%
2010 49 NE R U.S. House District 01 General 1 116,871 71.3%
2012 51 NE R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 55,658 86.4%
2012 51 NE R U.S. House District 01 General 1 174,889 68.3%
2014 53 NE R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 63,673 86.1%
2014 53 NE R U.S. House District 01 General 1 123,219 68.8%
2016 55 NE R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 62,704 100.0%
2016 55 NE R U.S. House District 01 General 1 189,771 69.5%
2018 57 NE R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 51,809 100.0%
2018 57 NE R U.S. House District 01 General 1 141,712 60.4%
2020 59 NE R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 84,017 100.0%
2020 59 NE R U.S. House District 01 General 1 189,006 59.5%
2022 61 NE R U.S. House District 01 Primary 2 9,807 11.8%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Jeff Fortenberry


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
2005 44 House 94 5 R 85 15 99 5 92
2006 45 House 88 11 R 87 13 99 5 84
2007 46 House 80 18 R 63 36 98 15 88
2008 47 House 79 17 R 54 42 95 40 84
2009 48 House 80 18 D 48 51 98 5 88
2010 49 House 85 12 D 29 71 94 15 96
2011 50 House 85 14 D 29 69 98 15 72
2012 51 House 86 9 D 17 76 94 5 73
2013 52 House 91 8 D 16 84 98 11 63
2014 53 House 85 11 D 12 82 95 6 56
2015 54 House 89 9 D 13 85 98 0 61
2016 55 House 90 9 D 9 91 99 0 56
2017 56 House 89 8 R 94 3 97 0 65
2018 57 House 90 8 R 93 4 98 8 56
2019 58 House 79 20 R 94 4 99 6 63
2020 59 House 79 15 R 72 25 92 16 63
2021 60 House 88 10 D 11 83 98 0 67
2022 61 House 16 1 D 10 20 15 67
Lifetime conservative rating:   72%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.